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Maryland Diversity Equity and Inclusion Grants

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African American Heritage Preservation Program 2026
$250,000
Maryland Historical Trust
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jun 23, 2025

This program provides competitive funding to nonprofit organizations, local governments, and individuals for the preservation and enhancement of sites significant to the African American experience in Maryland.

Community Development
Nonprofits
Competitive Grant Program
$6,000,000
Maryland’s Office of Overdose Response
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 12, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to Maryland-based state agencies, local governments, and community organizations to implement projects that address substance use and the overdose crisis through prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery, and public safety initiatives.

Environment
County governments
Sharing Prince George’s Fund
$25,000
Greater Washington Community Foundation (GWCF)
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jul 10, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofits serving low-income residents of Prince George’s County, Maryland, focusing on essential needs, economic mobility, and wealth-building strategies.

Community Development
Nonprofits
Youth Environmental Education
$10,000
Chesapeake Bay Trust
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Apr 28, 2025

This grant provides funding for organizations to engage youth in environmental education and stewardship projects throughout the Chesapeake Bay region, focusing on hands-on learning and community action.

Community Development
City or township governments
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund
$1,000,000
Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Oct 9, 2025

This program provides financial assistance to Maryland local governments and their development partners for creating equitable and sustainable communities around transit stations through planning, infrastructure improvements, and funding support.

Transportation
City or township governments
Mental Health RFP
$20,000
The Horizon Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Oct 28, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to community-based organizations in Maryland that focus on improving mental health services and promoting racial equity for underserved populations in Howard County.

Health
Nonprofits
Advancement Grants
$100,000
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 3, 2025

This grant provides financial support to nonprofit arts and humanities organizations in Montgomery County, Maryland, to strengthen their capacity, enhance sustainability, and promote diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Arts
Nonprofits
Programming & Capacity Building Project Grants
$15,000
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jan 31, 2025

This funding opportunity supports arts and humanities organizations in Montgomery County, Maryland, by providing financial assistance for projects that promote creativity, community engagement, and diversity.

Capacity Building
Nonprofits
IDEA Grants
$5,000
Ausherman Family Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jul 7, 2025

This grant provides financial and capacity-building support to Black-led nonprofits in Frederick County, Maryland, to enhance their community impact and promote equity.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Nonprofits
2026-2027 General Operating Support Grants
$50,000
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jan 31, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to small and mid-sized nonprofit arts and humanities organizations in Montgomery County, Maryland, to help cover their everyday operating costs and promote community engagement.

Arts
Nonprofits
Feed the Need
$3,000
Future Harvest
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jul 2, 2025

This program provides financial support to local farmers in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia to help them grow and deliver fresh produce to food assistance organizations, addressing food insecurity and strengthening the local farming economy.

Food and Nutrition
Individuals
Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Family Foundation Grant
$5,000
Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Family Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Apr 7, 2025

This grant provides funding to nonprofit organizations in the Baltimore area that focus on improving mental health, cancer prevention, K-12 education, and youth arts initiatives, particularly for the African American community.

Arts
Nonprofits
Community Power Grantmaking Program
$75,000
A Foundation for Radical Possibility
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 22, 2025

This grant provides funding to nonprofit organizations led by Black people and those of the global majority in the Washington, DC area, focusing on innovative and disruptive efforts to advance racial justice and community self-determination.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Nonprofits
Agora Venture Competition
$10,000
Agora
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 12, 2025

This competition provides female and non-binary founders in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area the chance to win a $10,000 cash prize by pitching their growth-oriented startups to investors.

Business and Commerce
Individuals
TD Bank Regional Grants
Contact for amount
TD Charitable Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Aug 15, 2024

This funding opportunity supports nonprofit organizations and public entities in implementing programs that benefit low- to moderate-income individuals and historically underserved communities.

Community Development
Nonprofits
Climate Change Investment Initiative (2c2i)
$300,000
Exelon Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Aug 29, 2025

This funding program provides financial support and resources to innovative startups focused on clean energy and environmental sustainability solutions that benefit communities within Exelon's service areas.

Environment
For profit organizations other than small businesses
GWCF Sharing Montgomery Fund
$10,000
Greater Washington Community Foundation (GWCF)
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jul 10, 2025

This grant provides financial support to nonprofit organizations serving low-income residents in Montgomery County, Maryland, focusing on essential needs like healthcare, housing, and economic mobility.

Income Security and Social Services
Nonprofits
Community Engaged Research (CEnR) Pilot Grant Program
$50,000
University of Maryland, Baltimore Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Oct 1, 2025

This funding opportunity provides up to $50,000 for faculty members at select Maryland universities to collaborate with community organizations on innovative research projects that address public health challenges and aim for measurable outcomes within a year.

Health
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
2026 Marilyn Hatza Memorial SHINE Grant Program
$5,000
Maryland Humanities
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jul 7, 2025

This grant provides $5,000 to Maryland-based nonprofit organizations focused on humanities programming, helping them sustain and enhance their operations to better serve local communities.

Humanities
Nonprofits
Arts Council of Anne Arundel County’s Mini Grant Program
$5,000
Arts Council of Anne Arundel County
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Oct 7, 2024

This funding opportunity supports nonprofit organizations in Anne Arundel County that create innovative arts projects aimed at engaging underserved communities.

Arts
Nonprofits